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Programming and DSP Potpourri

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2002 Annual Conference

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Jordan Rosenthal; James McClellan

Session 3220 Animating Theoretical Concepts for Signal Processing Courses James H. McClellan, Jordan Rosenthal Georgia Institute of Technology / MIT Lincoln LaboratoryAbstract: Although most topics in Digital Signal Processing (DSP) are highly mathematical, most experts possessknowledge of these concepts that is primarily graphical. Therefore, we have developed a variety of multimedia adjunctsfor use in an introductory signal processing course at Georgia Tech to teach abstract concepts. These same multimediatools are also valuable in senior-level and graduate DSP courses. Among the available

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

U.S. graduates in science, mathematicsand engineering is a complex problem that requires the participation of many parties,engineering schools have a critical role to play to improve engineering student retention.Engineering students face unexpected difficulties to complete their program. Without beingcomprehensive, among them we can list the following: a) Ineffective advising both in theacademic curriculum and regarding the profession, b) low quality of teaching; c) unavailabilityof faculty members; d) length for degree in excess of four years; and e) low grades in sciencecourses (Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry) that are prerequisites to major engineering* (See also: Karan Watson, “Retention of Undergraduate Students in Engineering

Conference Session

ET International Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

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A. A. Al-Anezi

by the training sector. · The major administrative, financial and support functions of the Authority are centralized and are located at the Authority’s headquarters. · The Authority also participates in many additional activities which are aimed at providing an appropriate academic environment, raising the efficiency of educational and training operations, and strengthening the link between the labor market and institutions related to the main activities of the Authority. These include applied research activities and vocational development programs for the teaching and training staff.Technology Education Institution (Before 1982)The technology education institutions before the establishment of the Public Authority ofApplied

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Malgorzata Zywno

Page 7.1205.7 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationteaching different sections of both treatment groups so that an averaging effect can take place 29.However, such large groups usually have other serious confounding factors to deal with (differentmajors, mix of undergraduate and graduate students, mix of liberal arts and science students,varying levels of motivation in freshman classes, full-time and part-time, etc.). Where smallerpopulations are involved, teaching both the experimental and the control group by the sameinstructor is recommended to remove the instructor bias 12.However, one

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Carpenter; Harvey Smith; Murali Krishnamurthi

Session 1526An Integrated Approach to Educating a Diverse Population on Environmental Management Systems Murali Krishnamurthi, Harvey Smith, and Philip Carpenter Northern Illinois University AbstractThis paper describes the interdisciplinary learning modules being developed with the help of aNational Science Foundation CCLI (Curriculum, Course, and Laboratory Improvement) grant toeducate students from diverse disciplines about environmental management systems (EMS). Themodules are intended to enhance student understanding and

Conference Session

ECE Design, Capstone, and Engr. Practice

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2002 Annual Conference

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Z. Joan Delalic; Richard Cohen; Jim J-S Chen; Dennis Silage

, an associate of the System Chip Design Center and teaches microelectronics and VLSICAD design. Dr. Delalic is the faculty advisor of the College IMAPS student chapter.JIM J-S CHEN received the PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University in 1985. He is a Professor,Chair of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the Thermal Processing Laboratory and teaches heat transfer andmaterials processing.RICHARD COHEN received the PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton University in 1977. He is anAssociate Professor and teaches heat transfer, thermodynamics, and combustion. Dr. Cohen is the faculty advisor ofthe College SAE student chapter.DENNIS SILAGE received the PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

Introduction to Engineering Design course (ENES 100) has evolved over the lastdecade at University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) and integrates ideas, opinionsand experiences of many faculty members who have experimented with teaching designto freshman students. The course involves freshman students in a “hands on” productrealization process. The product development project is assigned in teams of four or five.The typical product chosen, like many engineering products is synthesized from Page 7.579.1components and engineering principles that cover a spectrum of topics.Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference

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Trends in Mechanics Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Scott Danielson; Sudhir Mehta

Education, pp. 261-264.BiographiesSudhir Mehta is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at North Dakota State University. His areas of interest areenhancing student learning, measurements, controls, robotics, mechanics, design optimization, and machine vision.He was named the 1997 North Dakota Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation and has received the HPaward for excellence in laboratory instruction in 1999. He was awarded university’s prestigious Faculty LectureshipAward in 2001 and the Peltier Award for Innovative Teaching in 2000. Dr. Mehta and his colleagues have receivedthe best paper awards from the ASEE in 1999 and 1995. He is a co-author of the courseware, “Statics: The NextGeneration,” which is electronically published by

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Constans; Jennifer Kadlowec; Beena Sukumaran; Paris von Lockette; Douglas Cleary

EducationSolid Mechanics The focus in Solid Mechanics is the visualization of stress/strain contours on prismatic bodiesresulting from user-generated single or combined loadings. Major concepts include1. Axial stress and strain2. Torsion - shear stress and angle of twist3. Beam deflections, bending moments, bending stress4. Combined loadings The Visual Cantilever Beam (Figure 3) and the Visual Simply Supported Beam (Figure 4),both interfaced with computer visualization software, will enhance teaching of these concepts.The Simply Supported Beam will be used specifically for illustrating concepts of beam deflection,bending moments and bending, shear and combined stresses. The Cantilever Beam will be usedfor individually illustrating axial, torsional

Conference Session

Materials and Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjeev Khanna

enhancetheir overall design experience.This paper presents the philosophy and the course contents of the newly proposed course. Alsolinks between mechanics, materials science, manufacturing, and design, using modernmultimedia and instructional technology, in the context of teaching prospective engineers how toapproach the total design of a welded structure are presented. Page 7.76.1OBJECTIVESAdvancements in certain critical technology areas will require engineers who have an integratedknowledge of applied mechanics, materials science, manufacturing, design, and computertechnology. This paper seeks to build upon the linkage between the above-mentioned

Conference Session

ET International Collaborations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafiqul Islam

, engineering and scientific notation) are included to facilitate basic understanding of logic devices. The associated basic laboratory course also included discussions of basics of electronic test equipments. The result of a survey among 24 students in electronic engineering technology after the completion of first year during 1988-89 calendar year is illustrated in figure 1 given below: No Effect 25% Positive Effect Negative Negative Effect Effect

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Brooks Byam

via a complete analytical and physical validation· Engine Dynamometer Laboratory Set Remote load, cooling, video controllers plus up-to-code Up ventilation, fuel, data cable plumbing· Engine Dynamometer Test Stand With Compact portable stand to test different engine Pitch and Roll Tilting Capabilities packaging configurations and simulate lateral g’s· Engine Dynamometer Cooling Tower Permanent tower eliminates need for radiator· Paddock and Display Lifts Front and rear lifts operated by cordless drills· Design of Experiment (DOE) Process Experimental process to efficiently and effectively test, of Testing, Tuning, Setting up

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Real-Time and Embedded Systems Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Henry Chaya

-circuit debugging is a simple procedure and the device is very affordable.The present course is for sophomore electrical engineering students who have had a course inVisual Basic. Two goals of the course are to teach elements of C++ and to provide interface-programming projects that are creative and interesting. Another goal is to address programmingand performance issues relevant to embedded system programming such as timing and event-driven procedures. While the OOPic fulfilled the educational needs of this introductory course,its slow speed and limited memory preclude its use in more advanced courses.IntroductionRecently the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Manhattan College has beenrevising its curriculum for electrical

Conference Session

Pre-College Programs

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2002 Annual Conference

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Audeen Fentiman; Alex Mendlein

on.Camera Lab 5 focused on the manufacturing process of the camera. Students went to OSU forthe day to utilize a laboratory on the OSU campus. The students participated in an activity thatcompared the fixed material location method of assembly to the sequential assembly lineapproach. The other part of the day was spent observing different types of manufacturing,including sheet metal blanking and injection molding.Student Views on the CourseAs Walnut Hills High School students participating in our IE course, the majority of us (57.2%)were very pleased about getting to experience this class. Some of us have thought aboutengineering as a college major, but we really didn’t know what an engineer did. This coursedefinitely has helped convince several of

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engr. Educ. II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Berdanier

Construction Company, andEnvironmental Pipeliners (EP), and their ONU alumni engineers have been especially strongsupporters of the ONU civil engineering program.Construction Module DesignI wanted to design an approximate two-week module to accomplish the course educationobjective and outcome for construction management. I contacted Lori Burgett-Jackson of EP toask for her input on the overall concept and specific topics. I also asked her to pursue the idea ofhaving experienced construction engineers help us conduct a laboratory experience that wouldrequire the students to immediately implement and integrate the chosen discreet lecture topics tocomplete a heavy highway bid. Oberlender 1 stresses the concept of deciding who does whatwhen for how much

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Renshaw; Joseph Ekstrom

customexternal packaging. The success of our program is forcing us to deal with the challengeof teaching many more students using the existing physical facility.ConclusionWe have developed a strong curriculum for an introductory networking class tailored tothe needs of a 4 year Information Technology program. The curriculum focuses onrevealing the evolution of network technology to students so that they are better preparedto expect and manage changes as they occur. This is accomplished through acombination of coordinated lectures and laboratory experiences. There is a focusdemonstrating how specific technologies represent more general principles. Initial Page

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gulnur Birol; Todd Giorgio; Sean Brophy; Ann McKenna

course were prioritized and learning objectives related toeach topic were identified (Table 1). Stemming from the fact that the ideal teaching and learningstrategy depends on the goals on the instructor, the level of knowledge and skills of the students,and the particular materials being taught, this course was designed based on the How PeopleLearn framework (4,5).Northwestern has a quarter system and each quarter is about 9 ½ to 10 ½ weeks long. The 10-week course consisted of two class meetings of 80 minutes/class per week. Table 2 shows thedistribution of class time on the specific topics covered during the Fall 2001 quarter. Studentswere informed that they would be extensively working on challenges and were expected toparticipate in all in

Conference Session

International Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Webert Lovencin; Adnan Javed; Fazil Najafi

national and international agencies (Government, Non-governmentalorganizations, Industry etc) exist. Students showing academic excellence get a chance tocomplete their degree in USA or Australia.The academic degree program spreading over 18 months consists of 4 semesters. In the first 3semesters following subjects are taught through lectures, assignments and quizzes:environmental chemistry and microbiology: hydraulics and hydrology; municipal and industrialwaste collection; treatment and disposal; air and noise pollution control; modeling ofenvironmental system, environmental policy and planning etc. The theoretical knowledge issupplemented by rigorous laboratory work, spread over two semesters under the keensupervision of qualified highly

Conference Session

Balancing Personal and Professional Life

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rebecca Blust

a list of questions for employees to ask potential child care providers. · Abbott Laboratories - After taking an employee survey, Abbott Laboratories offers job sharing, flextime, and telecommuting. · These plans work for women who want some relief from the stresses of trying to do it all. Now instead of spending time on the weekends running errands and doing chores, job-sharing allows her to accomplish these on her day off so she can spend time during the weekends enjoying family and friends. Women who job-shared earned 60% of their former salaries, but benefits were retained and their working

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ram Mohan; Steven Parks; Krisnamurthy Jayaraman; Edward Evans; Siamack Shirazi; Ovadia Shoham; Mei Zhuang; Marilyn Amey; Keith Wisecarver; George Chase; Charles Petty; Andre Benard

Session 1712 NSF Combined Research and Curriculum Development on Multiphase Transport Phenomena M. J. Amey 2, A. Bénard 2, G. G. Chase 1, E. A. Evans1, K. Jayaraman 2, R. S. Mohan3, S. M. Parks2, C. A. Petty 2 (presenter), O. Shoham3, S. A. Shirazi3, K. D. Wisecarver3, M. Zhuang 2 1 The University of Akron/2Michigan State University/ 3The University of TulsaSummaryThis curriculum development project on multiphase transport phenomena draws on the researchexperiences from nine research laboratories at The University of Akron, Michigan State

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education

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2002 Annual Conference

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Daniel Pack; Steven Barrett

Page 7.1120.1Wyoming. Both authors are typical faculty members with a full teaching load, an active Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering Education SESSION 1960research program, and educational related service commitments (committees, advising,etc.). Furthermore, they are both married with children. These details will becomeimportant later when they discuss the time commitment required to successfully completethe book in a timely manner.Two things should be emphasized. First, the authors had no prior experience in writingtextbooks and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene Niemi

the student’s interest in learning the new engineering concepts · It teaches students the concept of how “assumptions” are used to idealize a real problem to make it mathematically manageable · It allows some hands-on “build-fly” work so the student can be exposed to real hardware · It provides an opportunity for early “design” work and decision-making at a very fundamental levelStudent evaluation data shows that most of these objectives were achieved in a module that thestudents found to be generally exciting. The instilling of student excitement over theircoursework is felt to be vital in

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and New Directions

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daphne Chang

Matlab/Simulink, a required software for the EE undergraduate curriculum. A series of lab sessions are introduced to the class to complement the lecture materials and to guide the students into the design project. The use of animation provides many advantages: better visual effects, improved communications, and higher interest levels. Student response has been very positive. A number of recommendations are made in this work based on instructor observation and course evaluations.(I) IntroductionSystem analysis is a multidisciplinary subject encompassing all fields of engineering applications.However, the traditional treatment (in the sense of teaching pedagogy) of this subject tends to behighly

Conference Session

How are We Faring with EC2000?

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars

outcomes. A standard format forthese reviews is now prescribed. This, along with the fact that our teaching assignmentstend to remain constant over a three to five year period, provides an opportunity to bothcompare student performance with expectations as well as make meaningful year-to-yearcomparisons. It was obvious that a detailed discussion of all 12 courses was not possible eachyear. Thus only selected courses are reviewed each year, although all courses arereviewed on a set cycle. Because of their importance in the curriculum both semesters ofthe unit operations laboratory and both semesters of the design class are reviewed eachyear. In addition, one other required course is reviewed. To date four the eightremaining required ChE

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Jalkio

on a weighted percentage of points scored in exams, homework,and other graded assignments2. However, if a course has ten learning objectives that receiveequal point weighting, a student can theoretically score 90% of points without demonstrating anycompetence in one of the learning objectives. Competency testing3 provides direct evidence ofthe accomplishment of learning objectives, but typically only on a pass/fail basis for eachlearning objective. Our goal was to develop a grading system that would allow us to assigngrades based on demonstrated mastery of learning objectives. Since the successful completionof many laboratory experiments and exam questions require the attainment of several learningobjectives, it is difficult to determine the

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Karthik Soundararajan; S. Manian Ramkumar; Immanuel Edinbarough

& international conferences and journals.MANIAN RAMKUMARManian Ramkumar is a Professor in the Computer Integrated Manufacturing Engineering Technology Department atthe Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. He teaches courses in CAD, CAM, CIM, FMS, robotics,surface mount electronics manufacturing, assembly automation, and controls for manufacturing automation. He wasinstrumental in developing the CIM and Surface Mount Electronics Manufacturing laboratory at RIT. Theselaboratories are equipped with production scale equipment that is used for hands-on training and conducting appliedresearch projects for companies.KARTHIK SOUNDARARAJANKarthik Soundararajan is a Controls Design Engineer at Alliance Automation Systems, Rochester, NY

Conference Session

Classroom Innovations

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Smith

contributions of material?· What does the DL need to satisfy user needs: “inspire learning of undergraduate SME&T”?· What is the need for adaptive, flexible and responsive to unforeseen needs and problems?While the aim is to bring digital resources into the hands of students in technical disciplines, theapproach to the above problems so far has been conducted from the perspective of the librarianand the social scientist. In the 1990s, there was a major thrust at NSF to bring psychologists andresearchers in the cognitive sciences into the business of engineering education, and to apply theresearch literature on cognitive sciences to the teaching of engineering. However, there has notbeen a commensurate effort to educate the social scientists about

Conference Session

Learning Styles of Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Malgorzata Zywno

, HowardGardner, a professor of education at Harvard university, wrote that students learn in diverse ways Page 7.677.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationand instructors should value and nurture that diversity by attempting to address their individuallearning styles and needs in the preparation and presentation of the material they teach 19. There isrecognition that a traditional “chalk & talk” lecture does not accommodate all types of learners,which has lead to an increased interest in

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Mills

: Page 7.15.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education The academic environment is not directly concerned with the realms of practice and designing real structures and works of civil engineering. The primary emphasis is, therefore, the teaching of the theory upon which practice is supposed to depend. It usually goes without question that this is a suitable preparation for its being put into practice.… students concentrate too much on the quantitative and theoretical aspects of engineering and too little on certain other aspects. They consequently graduate lacking

Conference Session

Multi-disciplinary Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert B. Stone; Nancy Hubing

product (Otto et al., 1998).As students learn how to design, production of a physical artifact is essential. Unfortunately,undergraduate engineering education has long divided learning activities into lecture and hands-on laboratory courses, with lecture courses greatly outnumbering lab activities. Learningtheories and studies on learning and teaching styles indicate that integrated lecture and laboratoryactivities are better suited for complete learning (Kolb, 1984; Wankat and Oreovicz, 1993; Stice,1987; NSF, 1996; Felder and Silverman, 1988). Many courses have applied these learningtheories to their courses by adding hands-on activities to supplement the theory (Agogino, 1992;Carlson, 1995; Hibbard & Hibbard, 1995, Niku 1995, West et al